Identify One or More Choices That Best Complete the Statement

question 5

Multiple Choice

Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
-The nurse is advocating for a transition to home care from a medical inpatient facility for an adolescent patient with a complex medical condition. Which assessment findings/information supports a transition to home for this patient? Select all that apply.

• A)Home care is covered by the adolescent's primary and secondary health-care plan.
• B)During home care a goal for mainstreaming the adolescent into school is set.
• C)The adolescent's parents are older and will benefit from home-care assistance.
• D)Home care allows for collaboration and management of care by a medical team.
• E)A family member is concerned about the adolescent's complex medication regimen.

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Definitions:

Ascending Colon

A part of the large intestine that runs upwards; it is the first section of the colon.

Transverse Colon

A part of the large intestine that runs across the abdomen from the right to the left side.

Sigmoid Colon

Part of the colon between the descending colon and the rectum.

Descending Colon

Part of the colon extending from the left colonic flexure to the sigmoid colon.